janissary

Etymology
From, possibly via 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬, from , from +. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The word is attested from the early 16th century in English; the janissaries themselves date from the 14th century.

Noun

 * 1)  An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).
 * 2)  Any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
 * 3)  An elite, highly loyal supporter.
 * 1)  Any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
 * 2)  An elite, highly loyal supporter.
 * 1)  Any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
 * 2)  An elite, highly loyal supporter.
 * 1)  Any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
 * 2)  An elite, highly loyal supporter.

Translations

 * Arabic: إِنْكِشَارِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: yeniçəri
 * Belarusian: янычар
 * Bulgarian:, яничар
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 土耳其新軍, 土耳其禁衛軍,
 * Czech: janičár
 * Danish: janitshar
 * Esperanto: janiĉaro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: იანიჩარი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Ianasóir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: イェニチェリ
 * Kazakh: жаңа шерік
 * Korean: 예니체리
 * Latin: ianizarus
 * Macedonian: јаничар
 * Marathi: जानिझेरी, येनिचेरी
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: یڭیچری
 * Persian: ینی‌چری
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: janízaro
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ја̀њича̄р
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: janičiar
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: jenízaro
 * Swedish: janitschar, janitsjar
 * Tagalog: henisaro
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: